Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with venomous status, family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell look-alikes apart.
Radiated Rat Snake
A slender, fast-moving colubrid recognized by the radiating dark stripes across its head, common across South and Southeast Asian lowlands.
Olive Whipsnake
A slender, olive-brown to greenish diurnal snake of Neotropical forests known for its speed and agility in fleeing threats.
Spotted Whip Snake
A fast, alert colubrid with a row of dark spots or blotches along its back, common in arid and semi-arid habitats across Central and Southwest Asia.
Reddish Whip Snake
A slender, fast-moving colubrid with a reddish-brown, striped pattern, widely distributed across arid regions of the Middle East and Central Asia.
Blotched Snake
A large, powerfully built ratsnake of the Caucasus and steppe regions, patterned with bold dark blotches along a pale body.
Dahl's Whip Snake
A slender, fast-moving whip snake of dry, open habitats across the Balkans, Middle East, and parts of Central Asia.
Afro-Asian Sand Snake
A slim, fast-moving diurnal sand snake distributed across arid regions of Africa and Asia, mildly venomous but not medically significant to humans.
Beauty Rat Snake
A strikingly patterned, long-bodied rat snake from East and Southeast Asia, prized for its glossy scales and bold longitudinal stripes near the tail.
Coin-Marked Snake
A slender, fast-moving colubrid of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, named for the rounded, coin-like dark blotches along its back.
Egyptian Cobra
A large, highly venomous cobra widespread across Africa, historically significant in ancient Egyptian culture and iconography.
Desert Cobra
A glossy black, primarily nocturnal elapid found in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East, considered venomous and potentially dangerous to humans.
Southern Pacific Rattlesnake
A common rattlesnake of coastal and inland southern California, noted for its variable venom and dark diamond blotches.
Indian Rock Python
A large, powerful constrictor native to the Indian subcontinent, historically significant in local culture and folklore.
Collett's Snake
A robust, strikingly patterned elapid endemic to the black-soil floodplains of interior Queensland.
Persian Krait
The westernmost of the krait species, found in the arid Balochistan region spanning Iran and Pakistan, and dangerously venomous like its relatives.
Forest Cobra
The largest true cobra species, a highly venomous elapid of Central and West African forests with a glossy dark body and pale lip markings.
Jameson's Mamba
A green, forest-dwelling mamba of Central and West Africa, distinguished from other green mambas by a dark blue-black tail tip.
Dwyer's Snake
A small, dark-headed elapid found in rocky woodland habitats of eastern Australia.
Scorpion-eating Snake
A tiny, secretive burrowing snake with a dark head cap, specialized in preying on scorpions and centipedes.
Dusky Sea Snake
A small, dark-colored sea snake with a restricted range in Western Australian reef waters, of conservation concern due to sharp historical population declines.
Western Rat Snake
A large, dark constrictor of the central U.S. that darkens with age, closely related to the eastern and gray rat snakes.
Central American Indigo Snake
A large, powerful, non-venomous colubrid related to the eastern indigo snake, with a glossy dark tail and lighter forebody.
Guyana Blackback Coral Snake
A small coral snake of northern South America and southern Central America, patterned in tricolor rings with narrow pale bands.
Mexican Blackbelly Garter Snake
A semi-aquatic garter snake from the Mexican Plateau notable for its dark, often solid black underside.